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Are You Sure That’s Free? Content from Others in Your Social Media

McBayer IP Blog

Posted In copyright , Intellectual Property , Name, Image, and Likeness , Social Media Big business owners, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and influencers are all looking for boosts to their reputations that drive traffic and revenue their way.

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Unofficial M3U8 Playlists For Pluto TV, Samsung & Plex, Shut Down By Warner

TorrentFreak

Free advertising-supported streaming television services, such as market leader Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, and Samsung TV Plus, offer a traditional linear TV viewing experience, via an app, at zero cost to the consumer. website but no mention of any copyrighted works. Or at least that used to be the case. Or maybe not.

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Sky Italia Targets Pirate Streaming App VancedFlix Through GitHub

TorrentFreak

Not everyone is willing or able to pay for multiple subscriptions, however, which in turn has helped to create a flourishing market for pirate streaming tools. In case of copyright infringement, please directly contact the responsible parties or the streaming websites.”

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MANGA Plus Invites Users to Confess Piracy & Name Most-Used Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

For many years Japanese manga companies had a tendency to ignore the majority of overseas markets, despite the potential for lucrative trade. Manga pirates often take credit for what amounted to a highly successful unpaid marketing project but having seen the potential, manga publishers understandably want this market for themselves.

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Adobe Thinks it Can Solve Netflix’s Password ‘Piracy’ Problem

TorrentFreak

They knew their products, ran tight businesses, and had the best possible grasp on the intricacies of their respective markets. Competing with ‘free’ was clearly impossible. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. But it needs to be executed with care.

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 16- November 21)

SpicyIP

Pikashow is an app which claims to provide free content of known OTT platforms. US Appeal’s court rejects Natco Pharma’s marketing partner Alvogen’s appeal in patent litigation related to cancer drug Imbruvica. GI sought for Banarsi Pan, Jaunpur’s imarti and Chausa Mango. International Developments. Image from here.

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Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Six: CBC Eligibility Harms News Competition and Its Public Interest Mandate

Michael Geist

Indeed, critics will rightly note the market distortion it creates for private entities who stand to lose further advertising-related revenues to the CBC, while supporters should be concerned that the bill undermines the CBC’s claim to a public interest role and makes an ad-free version of the service even less likely.